Travis Janssen

Travis Janssen
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Austin Peay
Conference	Ohio Valley
Record	150–148
Biographical details
Born	July 5, 1974 (age 47); Manhattan, Kansas
Playing career
1993–1996	Butler C. C.
1995–1996	New Mexico State
1996	Adirondack Lumberjacks
Position(s)	Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997	Kansas State (GA)
1998	Butler C. C. (asst.)
1999–2001	Arkansas (asst.)
2002–2003	Northwestern State (asst.)
2004–2005	Hawaii (asst.)
2006–2011	Jacksonville State (asst.)
2012–2015	Northeastern State
2016–present	Austin Peay
Head coaching record
Overall	254–247
Tournaments	OVC: 6–10; NCAA: 0–0

Travis Janssen is an American college baseball coach and former second baseman. Janssen is the head coach of the Austin Peay Governors baseball team.

Playing career[]

Janssen attended Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kansas. Janssen was on the second ever Manhattan baseball team, and helped lead the team to a state championship as a senior in 1992.^[1] Janssen then committed to Butler Community College, where he was a member of the Butler Grizzles baseball team. After two seasons at Butler, Janssen transferred to New Mexico State University where he continued his baseball career.

Coaching career[]

Janssen served as a graduate assistant with the Kansas State Wildcats baseball program in 1997. In 1998, he moved on to Butler where he spent a season. In 1999, he joined the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team as an assistant.

On June 29, 2011, Janssen was named the head coach of the Northeastern State University baseball team.^[2]

On September 16, 2015, Janssen was named the head coach of the Austin Peay Governors baseball program.^[3]

Head coaching record[]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Northeastern State RiverHawks (Independent) (2012)
2012	Northeastern State	25–24	0–0
Northeastern State RiverHawks (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2013–2015)
2013	Northeastern State	28–23	25–20	6th	MIAA Tournament
2014	Northeastern State	26–28	20–20	8th	MIAA Tournament
2015	Northeastern State	25–24	17–19	8th
Northeastern State:		104–99	47–33
Austin Peay Governors (Ohio Valley Conference) (2016–present)
2016	Austin Peay	30–23	17–9	3rd	Ohio Valley Tournament
2017	Austin Peay	28–30	13–16	7th	Ohio Valley Tournament
2018	Austin Peay	30–27	17–13	5th	Ohio Valley Tournament
2019	Austin Peay	32–25	19–11	T-2nd	Ohio Valley Tournament
2020	Austin Peay	7–10	1–2		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Austin Peay	23–33	16–14	T-4th	Ohio Valley Tournament
Austin Peay:		150–148	83–60
Total:		254–247
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References[]

^ Shane Jackson (March 21, 2018). "Travis Janssen reflects on state title in return to Manhattan". www.themercury.com. The Mercury. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
^ John Moss (June 29, 2011). "Northeastern State Hires Baseball Coach". www.ktul.com. ABC Local. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
^ Autumn Allison (September 16, 2015). "Travis Janssen named new APSU baseball coach". www.theleafchronicle.com. USA Today. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Northeastern State RiverHawks bio
Austin Peay Governors bio

[1] Shane Jackson (March 21, 2018). "Travis Janssen reflects on state title in return to Manhattan". www.themercury.com. The Mercury. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

[2] John Moss (June 29, 2011). "Northeastern State Hires Baseball Coach". www.ktul.com. ABC Local. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

[3] Autumn Allison (September 16, 2015). "Travis Janssen named new APSU baseball coach". www.theleafchronicle.com. USA Today. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

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